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标题：Comparative Analysis of the Impact of World Bank Root and Tuber Expansion Programme on Poverty Alleviation of Peri-Urban and Rural Communities in Benue State, Nigeria
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作者：Ater, P.I. ; Umeh, J.C. ; Lawal, W.L. 等
期刊名称：Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics
印刷版ISSN：0004-9395
电子版ISSN：0817-8763
出版年度：2006
卷号：AUG
出版社：Australian Agricultural Economics Society
摘要：This study examined in 2005 t he impact of World Bank Expanded Programme for Root and Tuber Production (RTEP) on the poverty alleviati on of peri-urban and rural communities in Benue State, Nigeria. It ai med at delineating causal effect disparity in poverty alleviation of t wo major producer communities. Data were collected from two hundred and eight (208) respondent s randomly drawn from ten (10) typically rural and ten (10) peri-urban communities. Simple descriptive statisti cs (percentages) and discriminant function analysis were used to analyze the collected data. The discriminant function was fitted on the poverty alleviation score to analyze causal and effect relationship. The study found disparities in valued output, quality of life, income and a homogeneous non-significant age disparit y in both rural and peri-urban root and tuber crops producer communities. Major contributors to t he poverty alleviation were: In come realized from market able surplus (X3), distance in kilometers to the nearest urban market of best sales (X1), the kilometer distance traveled to evacuate produce (X2), with 5 5%, 15% and 10% contributions respectively in that sequence to the tot al discriminant score(Z) of 87%. Other contributory indicators were average revenue receipt per unit of root and tuber in the best market (X4), quality of life score (X5) and mobility score (X6). The study recommends that developing nations should re-focus their policy framework to provide better markets and marketing opportunities as well as improved transportation and communication infrastructures for the typi cally rural to accelerate poverty alleviation.
关键词：World Bank Poverty Reducti on programme valued output Discriminant Function